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Al-Saffah was the First Arab caliph from the Caliphal Abbasid dynasty. He nominated his brother Abu Ja'far Abdallah as heir , because his own son was too young to succeeded to the Caliphate. His brother nominated his son (al-Saffah's nephew) as heir.
Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah (born 722—died 754, Anbar [Iraq]) was an Islamic caliph (reigned 749–54), the first of the ʿAbbāsid dynasty, which was to rule over the eastern Islamic world for approximately the next 500 years.
Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah (ä´bōō äl-äbäs´ äs-säfä´), d. 754, 1st Abbasid caliph (749–54). Raised to the caliphate by the armed might of Abu Muslim, he took the reign name as-Saffah [shedder of blood]. Most of the Umayyad family was exterminated, and the reign was one of massacre and force.
Although al-Saffah's personal role in establishing the early Abbasid caliphate is ambiguous, his reign is known for its brutal suppression of opponents and its declaration of the descendants of Prophet Muhammad's uncle, Abbas, as the ruling faction of the revolution.
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Abu al-Abbas as-Saffah äˈbo͞o äl-äbäsˈ äs-säfäˈ [key], d. 754, 1st Abbasid caliph (749–54). Raised to the caliphate by the armed might of Abu Muslim, he took the reign name as-Saffah [shedder of blood].
Abbasid armies. His victories allowed the Abbasid leader Abul `Abbas al-Saffah to enter the Shiite-dominated city of Kufa in 748 and declare himself caliph. In 750, the army of Abu Muslim and al-Saffah faced the Umayyad Caliph Marwan II at the Battle of the Zab near the Tigris River. Marwan II was defeated, fled, and was killed. As-Saffah
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